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Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 lbs. beef stew meat (1" pieces)
2 T. shortening
6 c. hot water
3 pared medium potatoes (1" cubes)
1 medium turnip (1" cubes)
4 carrots (1" slices)
1 green pepper cut into strips
1 c. celery (1" pieces)
1 medium onion diced (1/2 c.)
1 T. salt
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 bay leaf
Directions:
Directions:
Mix flour, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Coat meat with flour mix, melt shortening in skillet then brown meat.

Add water to meat and boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 2 hours. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer 30 minutes or until veggies are tender.

If you want stew thick, shake 1 cup water and 2-4 tablespoons flour in a jar, stir into stew and heat to boil stirring constantly.

 

 

 

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